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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Power BI

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Power BI is a visualization and data discovery tool from Microsoft. It allows users to convert data into visuals and graphics, visually explore and analyze data, collaborate on interactive dashboards and reports, and scale across their organization with built-in governance and security.

    $10

    per month per user

    RapidMiner

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ARapidMiner is a data science and data mining platform, from Altair since the late 2022 acquisition. RapidMiner offers full automation for non-coding domain experts, an integrated JupyterLab environment for seasoned data scientists, and a visual drag-and-drop designer. RapidMiner’s project-based framework helps to ensure that others can build off their work using visual workflows or automated data science.

    $7,500

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    Microsoft Power BIRapidMiner
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Professional
    $7,500.00
    Per User Per Month
    Enterprise
    $15,000.00
    Per User Per Month
    AI Hub
    $54,000.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Power BIRapidMiner
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Power BIRapidMiner
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    Chose RapidMiner
    I found RapidMiner to be in a class of its own. It's easy to use, yet extremely powerful for full data analysis.
    Incentivized
    Chose RapidMiner
    RapidMiner is much easier and faster to use plus it interfaces with databases easily.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    101 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    96 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    103 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    67 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Microsoft Power BIRapidMiner
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and RapidMiner
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.8
    140 Ratings
    8% above category average
    RapidMiner
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.5120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.0140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.0128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Microsoft Power BI and RapidMiner
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    2% above category average
    RapidMiner
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis7.0139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.0138 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.0103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.0135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Microsoft Power BI and RapidMiner
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    134 Ratings
    3% above category average
    RapidMiner
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web8.0129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.0122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.0102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.0104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.074 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Microsoft Power BI and RapidMiner
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.7
    136 Ratings
    9% above category average
    RapidMiner
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.0131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.0122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.0102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Microsoft Power BI and RapidMiner
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.6
    127 Ratings
    1% above category average
    RapidMiner
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.0121 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.0102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.0111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.394 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Microsoft Power BI and RapidMiner
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.0
    117 Ratings
    2% above category average
    RapidMiner
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.0111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.793 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.7112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Microsoft Power BI and RapidMiner
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    8.4
    80 Ratings
    8% above category average
    RapidMiner
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.072 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API9.956 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames8.055 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.046 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.444 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Connectivity
    Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Microsoft Power BI and RapidMiner
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    RapidMiner
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Connect to Multiple Data Sources00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Extend Existing Data Sources00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Automatic Data Format Detection00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    MDM Integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Data Exploration
    Comparison of Data Exploration features of Microsoft Power BI and RapidMiner
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    RapidMiner
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Visualization00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Interactive Data Analysis00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Microsoft Power BI and RapidMiner
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    RapidMiner
    8.8
    2 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Data Transformations00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Data Encryption00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Built-in Processors00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Platform Data Modeling
    Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Microsoft Power BI and RapidMiner
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    RapidMiner
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Automated Machine Learning00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Single platform for multiple model development00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Self-Service Model Delivery00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Model Deployment
    Comparison of Model Deployment features of Microsoft Power BI and RapidMiner
    Feature
    Microsoft Power BI
    -
    Ratings
    RapidMiner
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Flexible Model Publishing Options00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Security, Governance, and Cost Controls00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft Power BIRapidMiner
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Jupyter Notebook
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Anaconda
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
    IBM Watson Studio
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Power BIRapidMiner
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (142 ratings)
    10.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (58 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.5
    (82 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (81 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Power BIRapidMiner
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Has significantly improved collation of data and visualisation especially with business across Europe. Has given me the ability to see the Site availability at the click of a button to see which Site is in the "money" and seize opportunities based on Market data
    Incentivized
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    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    RapidMiner is really fantastic to perform fast ETL processes and work on your data as you want, no matter what is the source. You will really save a lot of time when you learn how to use it. You can create mining analysis with several algorithms, and thanks to add-ons, you can apply a lot of techniques. It will not replace a business intelligence dashboard but it allows to create great datamarts for your BI tools. One negative thing is that It's no easy to share your outputs.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Options for data source connections are immense. Not just which sources, but your options for *how* the data is brought in.
    • Constant updates (this is both good and bad at times).
    • User friendliness. I can get the data connections set up and draft some quick visuals, then release to the target audience and let them expand on it how they want to.
    Incentivized
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    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    • I am very impressed at how easily you can work within RapidMiner without much data analytics training. Plus with the help of the crowd, you can see what steps others have taken with their data analytics projects.
    • Text mining was simple and clean. We used this for our call transcription problem where we didn't have the resources to listen to each call. We needed to qualify each call based on some key phrases.
    • Our direct mail program was large and not very targeted. Using RapidMiner, we were able to isolate a predictive level we felt comfortable with and decided not to send to anyone below that level. We saved quite a bit of money.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • It would be easier for users could Microsoft Power BI and Excel used the same programming languages.
    • Would like to see the online version of Microsoft Power BI be as powerful as the desktop version.
    • Publishing a Microsoft Power BI file online and then having to save the file is somewhat redundant.
    • Would like to export each page or chart as an image.
    Incentivized
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    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    • I hope RapidMiner would be the first data science platform that allows data scientists to change the behaviour of a machine learning algorithm that already exists in the repository. For example, I want to be able to change the way a genetic algorithm mutates.
    • Automatic programming: One day, I hope RapidMiner can automatically generate codes in any 4th generation programming language based on the developed model.
    • More tutorials/samples needed: Why doesn't RapidMiner becomes the next 'UC Irvine Machine Learning Repository'? Provide real examples and real cases for users to study and understand the best practices in modelling. RapidMiner already has some datasets for a tutorial. Besides the existing samples, I hope RapidMiner can provide more sample data and examples.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is an excellent and scalable tool. It has a learning curve, but once you get past that, the sky is the limit and you can build from the most simple to the most complex dashboards. I have built everything from simple reports with only a few data points to complex reports with many pages and advanced filtering.
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    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    Very fast and user-friendly tool
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Automating reporting has reduced manual data processing by 50-70%, freeing up analysts for higher-value tasks. A finance team that previously spent 20+ hours per week on Excel-based reports now does it in minutes with Microsoft Power BI's automated Real-time dashboards have shortened decision cycles by 30-40%, enabling leadership to react quickly to sales trends, operational bottlenecks, and customer behavior.
    Incentivized
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    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    Very use to use and learn
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    It is a fantastic tool, you can do almost everything related with data and reports, it is a perfect substitutive of Power Point and Excel with a high evolution and flexibility, and also it is very friendly and easy to share. I think all companies should have Power BI (or other BI tool) in their software package and if they are in the MS Suite, for sure Power BI should be the one due to all the benefits of the MS ecosystem.
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    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    It was integrated with our erp easily and was accessible on cloud.
    Incentivized
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    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Power BI is free. If I didn't want to create a custom platform (i.e. my organization insisted on an existing platform that I *had* to use), I'd use Microsoft Power BI. For any start-up or SMB, I'd just use Claude & Grok to build it quickly, also for free. Would not pay for Tableau or Sigma anymore. Not worth it at all.
    Incentivized
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    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    We tried different data tools and we figured we give RapidMinder Studio a shot as one of our employees had experience with it, and when compared to some of the other tools that we used it was the best fit among the test group that we used. Overall it was a little more fluid and user-friendly.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Power BI usage reduced the effort of analytical reports creation by about 80%
    • Empowered all the level of employee to be more vigilant of the data and business insights, gained the profit of 8% overall.
    • AI-powered predictive analytics improved forecasting accuracy by 17%, that topped the overall sales.
    Incentivized
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    Altair Engineering, Inc.
    • Thanks to the patters that RapidMiner has detected, we have been able to follow clues in the right direction, both for the Protein Interaction Network Analysis and for the Epilepsy Research
    • Students and participants of the machine learning workshops have learned about this technology and about the tool
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Microsoft Power BI Screenshots

    Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Turns insights into impact for business usersScreenshot of Power BI integrates easily with Microsoft 365Screenshot of Microsoft Power BI - AI-Powered CapabilitiesScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Copilot can be used to create reportsScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Data HubScreenshot of Microsoft Power BI - Scales as organizational needs grow